(Not Quite) Lost American Classics

A Listmania! list by David N (London)
 
Electra Glide in Blue [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
1.  Electra Glide in Blue [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Robert Blake
The list author says:
  "Uneasy Rider, sort of. After this minor masterpiece, the writer-director never made another film, which seems a massive waste. Great performance from Burke."
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Medium Cool [DVD] [1969] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
2.  Medium Cool [DVD] [1969] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Robert Forster
The list author says:
  "The closest American cinema got to the spirit of the European film in the 1960s - ambiguous in its characterisation, partisan in its politics. And what a stunning, devastating ending."
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Petulia [DVD] [1968] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
3.  Petulia [DVD] [1968] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Julie Christie
The list author says:
  "Lester's greatest film, this beautiful romance was waaay ahead of its time. It says interesting things about the values of the 60s and what they indicated was happening to America and Americans."
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3 Women [DVD]
4.  3 Women [DVD] DVD ~ Shelley Duvall
The list author says:
  "Altman does Bergman's "Persona". Only weirder."
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Bad Company [DVD]
5.  Bad Company [DVD] DVD ~ Jeff Bridges
The list author says:
  "A lovely, quiet elegy of a Western from a decade full of great Westerns."
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Matewan [DVD]
6.  Matewan [DVD] DVD ~ Chris Cooper
The list author says:
  "A folk recollection of a mining strike that ended in horrific violence, beautifully made and acted."
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Modern Romance [DVD] [1981] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
7.  Modern Romance [DVD] [1981] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Albert Brooks
The list author says:
  "Why didn't Albert Brooks go on to be Woody Allen's greatest rival? Because he never made another film as great or funny as this one?"
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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie [DVD]
8.  The Killing of a Chinese Bookie [DVD] 
The list author says:
  "The problem with Cassavetes is deciding which of his 1970s films to include here. Genius."
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Claire Dolan [DVD] [1998] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
9.  Claire Dolan [DVD] [1998] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Katrin Cartlidge
The list author says:
  "Lodge Kerrigan on the modern world. Katrin Cartlidge is unbelievable."
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Hustle [DVD]
10.  Hustle [DVD] 
The list author says:
  "One of the strangest mainstream films of the 1970s. And, aside from Deliverance and Boogie Nights, probably the best thing Burt Reynolds ever did."
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Ali [DVD] [2002]
11.  Ali [DVD] [2002] DVD ~ Jamie Foxx
The list author says:
  "Mann's most underrated film, an Epic study of America itself, with Ali at the centre ofthe hurricane. Full of amazing filmaking, especially the stupendous opening scene."
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Force of Evil [DVD]
12.  Force of Evil [DVD] 
The list author says:
  "Fantastic script, great work by Garfield, lovely photography - what a movie..."
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Dazed and Confused
13.  Dazed and Confused DVD ~ Jason London
The list author says:
  "funny and moving, this has a meandering glory and authenticity which helps make it possibly cinema's greatest ever teen film. Great soundtrack, too."
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Beast [DVD]
14.  Beast [DVD] 
The list author says:
  "A tense, claustrophobic examination of men in combat, with great action scenes and direction."
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Night Moves [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
15.  Night Moves [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Gene Hackman
The list author says:
  "Alan Sharp, who also wrote the brilliant Ulzanas Raid and Rob Roy, wrote this. This is better than either of those. Plus: Gene Hackman. Nuff said."
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Pretty Poison [DVD]
16.  Pretty Poison [DVD] DVD ~ Anthony Perkins
The list author says:
  "Incredibly dark and twisted little thriller, with great work from the horribly underappreciated Tuesday Weld."
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Bigger Than Life [1956] [DVD]
17.  Bigger Than Life [1956] [DVD] 
The list author says:
  "May be Nicholas Ray's greatest film, which is saying something..."
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Downhill Racer [DVD]
18.  Downhill Racer [DVD] 
The list author says:
  "Redford in his most un-Redford role, in a near cinema verite look at an ambitious Pro Skier. Great location photography, mature, nuanced characters."
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Spartan [DVD]
19.  Spartan [DVD] 
The list author says:
  ""Wheres the girl?" The modern thriller, Mamet-style: pared down, cynical, witty."
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White Dawn [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
20.  White Dawn [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Warren Oates
The list author says:
  "American cinemas lost Prince, Kaufman made a series of great little films in the 70s and 80s. This is the oddest, but its perfect in its way..."
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Wanda [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
21.  Wanda [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Barbara Loden
The list author says:
  "A semi-improvised documentary-style account of a womans drift to the margins of society. Loden never made another film."
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State Of Grace [DVD] [1991]
22.  State Of Grace [DVD] [1991] DVD ~ Sean Penn
The list author says:
  "A terrifically stylish attempt to make an Irish-American Godfather in 2 hours that doesn't really work but features an amazing climactic gunfight and a great bit of scenery-chewing from Oldman."
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The Driver [DVD]
23.  The Driver [DVD] 
The list author says:
  "Stylised, existential carchase version of Melville's Le Samourai. Fabulous chase sequences, unique atmosphere."
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Fingers [DVD] [1978] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
24.  Fingers [DVD] [1978] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Harvey Keitel
The list author says:
  "James Toback makes an awesome, never-to-be equalled debut."
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Some Came Running [DVD]
25.  Some Came Running [DVD] DVD ~ Frank Sinatra
The list author says:
  "This terrific Rat Pack melodrama features of couple of Minelli's greatest sequences."
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